IFHB2400 Basisfag 2A og aktivitetslære 2B Emneplan

Child welfare is a social field whose practice is based on implicit and explicit theories drawn from many different disciplines. It is a normative area, and a critical basis is required for assessing what knowledge is valid and relevant to practice in the field. Ways of understanding children and their status in society form important premises for the child welfare service's activities at all times. An aim for the course is to develop critical and analytical thinking of child welfare services knowledge base and activities.

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After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student has

• in-depth knowledge of key theoretical understanding of children and childhood, including child constructions that address children as participants in daily life and in the child welfare service¿s professional practice
• insight into the importance of theoretical understanding for the practice in the field
• knowledge of the importance of social class, ethnicity, age/generation and gender in the context of child welfare
• knowledge of the methodological implications of the different theoretical interpretations

Skills

The student is capable of

• analysing child welfare's implicit and explicit knowledge base.
• analysing the phenomena related to child welfare
• analysing and discussing child welfare phenomena with a basis in social science theory and social science perspectives

General competence

The student has

• the necessary expertise to remain critical to new knowledge​

Det blir vektlagt å variere mellom ulike arbeids- og undervisningsformer som rene teoriforelesninger, arbeid i mindre grupper og praktisk undervisning på ulike arenaer.

Følgende arbeidskrav og faglig aktivitet med krav om deltakelse må være godkjent før eksamen kan avlegges:

• Minimum 80 % oppmøte på praktisk-metodisk undervisning
• Godkjent gruppefremlegg (2-4 studenter per gruppe)om fysisk aktivitet, kosthold, trening og helse
• Godkjent gjennomføring av treningsperiode for en annen person, inkludert godkjent rapport. Rapporten skal være en skriftlig dokumentasjon på gjennomført treningsperiode. Rapporten skal ha et omfang på 1500 ord +/- 10 %
• Godkjent fagartikkel. Fagartikkelen skal ha et omfang på 2700 ord +/- 10 %

Ved ikke godkjent rapport og fagartikkel, gis det mulighet til å utbedre besvarelsen maksimalt to ganger. Ny frist må avtales med ansvarlig faglærer.

Work requirements for groups are to make a summary and an assessment of a number of syllabus articles, equivalent to the number of students in the group. Syllabus articles will be distributed to groups. It is assumed that the group collaborates on the work requirement. The summaries of the syllabus articles should be submitted in Canvas, and will be available for the other students in the course. Approval of the work requirement by the course convener is required to sit the exam.

7-days individual home exam on a set topic. A topic relevant to child welfare must be discussed in an analytical manner using the syllabus litterature and eventual other litterature. The duration of the exam is one week and the scope of the paper should be ten pages (+/- 10%).

Alle hjelpemidler er tillatt så lenge regler for kildehenvisning følges.

A grade scale A-F.